Greetings , According to sutta , the sixth consciousness arises from the contact of the mind which is the sixth sense base versus mental objects . Therefore , what would you think is the sixth sense base ? Would you think the sixth sense base is of matter or non matter ? To clarify this question I ...

. The Milindapanha is a Theravada text and considered Canonical, part of the Tipitaka according to the Burmese tradition: http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/milinda.pdf see page 138: 62. The Lay Arahant “You say that if a layman attains arahantship he must either enter the Order that very day or die...

Redundancy and the social consequences you mention may well occur, but I was thinking more about the changes in our ways of thinking that AI brings. Rather like the development of autonomy, individualism, ethical worth, and responsibility which preceded the Buddha. I don't see how AI would help in ...

It seems that one's state of mind is strongly influenced by one's brain chemistry. It seems that what thoughts arise in the mind is strongly influenced by brain chemistry. It seems that the contents of dreams strongly correlate to events in the brain. It seems that the arising of memory of things i...

Greetings, Donald Trump gave a $500,000 speech paid for by a Kremlin bank, and his private foundation had accepted $145 million from Vladi­mir Putin-linked oligarchs and their Western business partners! :jawdrop: Oh no, wait, that's #FakeNews ... it was actually Hillary . This is not a reply to ret...

chownah, I already quoted AN 9.7 here is the full text: https://suttacentral.net/en/an9.7 “[1] It is impossible for a monk whose mental fermentations are ended to intentionally deprive a living being of life. [2] It is impossible for a monk whose mental fermentations are ended to take, in the manne...

Is the 7 day rule generally accepted by senior monastics? There is no 7 day rule. Your question presupposes a 7 day rule. There is no 7 day rule mentioned in the suttas or anywhere else that I have seen in theravada literature. A better way to enquire about this is to ask "do senior monastics belie...

You seem to be of the view that arahants are in some way less capable in dealing with the world than non-arahants. Can you be more explicit in describing how you see the arahants inabilities? Why wouldn't a lay arahant just keep on doing their right livelihood etc? You make it sound like a disabili...

It seems that one's state of mind is strongly influenced by one's brain chemistry. It seems that what thoughts arise in the mind is strongly influenced by brain chemistry. It seems that the contents of dreams strongly correlate to events in the brain. It seems that the arising of memory of things is...

DNS,
You seem to be of the view that arahants are in some way less capable in dealing with the world than non-arahants. Can you be more explicit in describing how you see the arahants inabilities?
Why wouldn't a lay arahant just keep on doing their right livelihood etc?
chownah

Innocent until proven guilty....indictment is not proof of guilt. chownah There are a lot of "innocent" people who have committed dangerous crimes roaming free under this adage. Not just an adage. Presumption of Innocence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_innocence an excerpt: In many st...

When I quote a sutta that is pertinent to me A questionable translation is not a "sutta". It seems you were only quoting your personal ideas & interpretation rather than a sutta. why would I need 'your' interpretation of what the sutta means? I do not recall offering any interpretation. I merely po...

Consider that Sineru is the domain of beings on higher planes of existence than the human, with tavatiṁsa on top. If one considers that sineru is out of this world and is somewhere else then there is no way for us here on this forum to know anything about it except for our own fabricated thoughts b...

The article you brought is not scientific as far as I can tell. I started reading the introduction and it is pretty obvious that there are too many unsupported and unexplained assumptions for this to be a scientific paper. I suppose that it is theoretically possible for those assumptions to be addre...

I think it can bring aversion in one's mind? I watched the video & found it to be realistic, which can bring dispassion ( viraga ) to the mind rather than aversion. To make such a video requires much giftedness & insight. It's a distopian cartoon hyperbolic charicature.....and you find it to be rea...

Mount everest is 8,848 meters in height (above sea level)....and if mount sineru was/is as tall as mount everest and it measured 84,000 yojanas above the level of the sea that surrounds it then a yojana would be about 10 cm. A yojana of 10 cm. does not make sense. Just look at this jataka tale excer...

I think that there are things that are correctly called "mythological". How does one come to the conclusion that something is "mythological". chownah One establishes beyond doubt that it is impossible, it cannot happen, that it is a myth. In this case one would have to disprove the Explorer claims,...